The Team
Chris M Rogers
Chris is a thoughtful and joyful creative with a quick wit and street smarts developed while living in New York City and travelling to more than 127 Countries some several times. He is known for his love of capturing people in their environments and interesting places that provides visual threads to creating evocative stories. Chris is a well-respected and highly regarded photographer who began his incredible career in New York as an assistant to an upper tier fashion photographer many moons ago and has also lived in Sydney, Milan, Paris and London where he honed his craft by developing a passion for and an incredible eye with his images.
Jeff Griffith
Jeff is a veteran Creative Director of advertising and publishing for 20+ years. Most recently, he was Creative Director of Integrated Marketing and Advertising for Men's Health magazine in New York City. In his spare time, he designs Hallowed Ground magazine for the American Battlefield Trust which has garnered design and photography awards every year from the Society of Publication Designers since 2012. For 4.5 years, he was Co-publisher/Designer of ATOMIC, a national magazine all about retro culture. Jeff left his expansive 400-square foot apartment in Manhattan and now lives in Minneapolis with his former college sweetheart who is now his wife.
Neil Jones
Neil Jones knows a thing or two about technology. From his early days as a sound engineer for some of the greatest rock bands on the planet to founding a startup that develops 360 imaging, Neil’s mantra is “How hard can it be”?
With a lifelong penchant for learning, Neil is back at university to benchmark his thinking of building his business and helping others with theirs. Neil is part of the nimble trio who deliver Small Talks, a community event that raises funds for local charities.
Neil is the tech guru for RECESS.
Kathy Cunningham
Kathy Cunningham was born in New Jersey and now feels grateful to live in New Zealand where she specialises in Marketing Communications with a focus on PR and Events. Kathy has been recognised for creativity in leading teams to produce award winning events and organised the first carbon neutral event in NZ with the Auckland Seafood Festival. Kathy has been writing for clients for decades and now takes the time to write a monthly column for her local newspaper, Whanganui MidWeek and travel stories that have been published in good and Let’s Travel magazines, and now in Recess where she also responsible for the communications strategy.